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+# Cameleer Configuration
+# Copy this file to .env and fill in the values.
+# The installer generates .env automatically — this file is for reference.
+
+# ============================================================
+# Compose file assembly (set by installer)
+# ============================================================
+# SaaS:        docker-compose.yml:docker-compose.saas.yml
+# Standalone:  docker-compose.yml:docker-compose.server.yml
+# Add :docker-compose.tls.yml for custom TLS certificates
+# Add :docker-compose.monitoring.yml for external monitoring network
+COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:docker-compose.saas.yml
+
+# ============================================================
+# Image version
+# ============================================================
+VERSION=latest
+
+# ============================================================
+# Public access
+# ============================================================
+PUBLIC_HOST=localhost
+PUBLIC_PROTOCOL=https
+
+# ============================================================
+# Ports
+# ============================================================
+HTTP_PORT=80
+HTTPS_PORT=443
+# Set to 0.0.0.0 to expose Logto admin console externally (default: localhost only)
+# LOGTO_CONSOLE_BIND=0.0.0.0
+LOGTO_CONSOLE_PORT=3002
+
+# ============================================================
+# PostgreSQL
+# ============================================================
+POSTGRES_USER=cameleer
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
+# SaaS: cameleer_saas, Standalone: cameleer
+POSTGRES_DB=cameleer_saas
+
+# ============================================================
+# ClickHouse
+# ============================================================
+CLICKHOUSE_PASSWORD=CHANGE_ME
+
+# ============================================================
+# Admin credentials (SaaS mode)
+# ============================================================
+SAAS_ADMIN_USER=admin
+SAAS_ADMIN_PASS=CHANGE_ME
+
+# ============================================================
+# Admin credentials (standalone mode)
+# ============================================================
+# SERVER_ADMIN_USER=admin
+# SERVER_ADMIN_PASS=CHANGE_ME
+# BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN=CHANGE_ME
+
+# ============================================================
+# TLS
+# ============================================================
+# Set to 1 to reject unauthorized TLS certificates (production)
+NODE_TLS_REJECT=0
+# Custom TLS certificate paths (inside container, set by installer)
+# CERT_FILE=/user-certs/cert.pem
+# KEY_FILE=/user-certs/key.pem
+# CA_FILE=/user-certs/ca.pem
+
+# ============================================================
+# Docker
+# ============================================================
+DOCKER_SOCKET=/var/run/docker.sock
+# GID of the docker socket — detected by installer, used for container group_add
+DOCKER_GID=0
+
+# ============================================================
+# Provisioning images (SaaS mode only)
+# ============================================================
+# CAMELEER_SAAS_PROVISIONING_SERVERIMAGE=gitea.siegeln.net/cameleer/cameleer-server:latest
+# CAMELEER_SAAS_PROVISIONING_SERVERUIIMAGE=gitea.siegeln.net/cameleer/cameleer-server-ui:latest
+
+# ============================================================
+# Monitoring (optional)
+# ============================================================
+# External Docker network name for Prometheus scraping.
+# Only needed when docker-compose.monitoring.yml is in COMPOSE_FILE.
+# MONITORING_NETWORK=prometheus